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Mega-Bite Feature: Facebook – What is Facebook?

Garrett — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:24:31 +0000

What is Facebook? Facebook is a “Social Network”, sort of like MySpace. One of Facebook’s defining differences from MySpace, however, is that it has a much higher population of College or Post-Grad members which means that, in general, the atmosphere is much more professional and mature. So, if you are looking for a way to connect with your friends, or find new ones, without stooping to the level of disco balls, piercings, and high school lingo… Facebook is your network.

Part 1:

Getting an Account
Finding Friends
Customizing Your Profile
Adjusting Privacy Controls
Communicating with Others

There was just no way for me to cover Facebook in one 10 minute video though, so I’m releasing it as Tech-Bite’s first ever FREE Mega-Bite!

Under normal circumstances, I probably would have put this hour-long episode together as a DVD and made it available for purchase, but this Mega-Bite is going to be available to everyone and at no cost! Just subscribe to the Tech-Bites newsletter using the form below and you will be given immediate access to my full Mega-Bite tutorial on Facebook! Subscribers will also know when new videos or Mega-Bites are available in the future.

Here’s what we will be covering in the 2 additional Facebook videos (altogether totaling about 1 hour in length!) :

Part 2 (subscribers only):

Reading the Newsfeed

Personalizing the Newsfeed

Adding Applications

Joining Groups

Becoming a Fan

Part 3 (subscribers only):

How to Get Your Email Inside Facebook

Adding RSS

Working on Office Documents (like Word docs, Excel, Powerpoint, and more) together with friends on Facebook

Adding your Twitter

An Overview of Desktop Applications for Facebook

Just type in your Name and Email below to watch the next two videos in my Facebook Mega-Bite series. (Already a member? No Problem! Either click the link that came to you in the most recent newsletter, OR type your previously registered name and email here. My system will recognize you and let you through!)

Piclens – 3D Picture Browsing

Garrett — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:50:07 +0000

Piclens is an addon for Firefox that allows you to browse popular sites in a fluid 3D context. This may not sound real practical right out the door, but wait ’til you see it in action… if you’re not sold on Firefox yet, you may be after seeing this! This addon is available for both Windows and Mac.

Piclens currently supports:

Photo Sites	Social Networking	Image Search
Flickr Photobucket Picasa Web Albums DeviantArt Smugmug	Facebook MySpace Bebo Hi5 Friendster	Google Images Yahoo Images Ask Images Live Images AOL Images

Get Piclens!

Oh, and let me know how you like the video format, or if you prefer the Youtube.com videos instead. This one is BIGGER!

-Garrett

Afraid of Using Your Credit Card or Debit Card Online? Use Obopay!

Garrett — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:10:04 +0000

A lot of people tell me that they don’t like buying stuff online because it means giving people on the internet your private information on your credit card or debit card.

Well, fear no more! I just came across a great solution with Obopay. It let’s you get a card you can use online without having to link it to your bank accounts or credit cards. You can even manage it from your Cell phone! (What can’t you do from a cell phone these days?)

It’s a pre-paid debit MasterCard. It was featured on Wall Street Journal and comes with $10 free when you sign up. Can’t beat that.

Click Here to get your Obopay Pre-paid MasterCard.